How to Use in poor/bad (etc.) condition in a Sentence

in poor/bad (etc.) condition

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  • Shankster said the body was in poor condition due to the warm weather.
    Anna Turning, NBC News, 23 June 2024
  • Stormy nights have taken a toll on the tents, which are already in bad condition.
    David Feliba, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Besides, their pelts are in bad condition at that time of year, and they are not hunted for food.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
  • By the group’s scoring system, D means in poor condition and at a strong risk of failure.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 6 July 2024
  • Even newer homes and RVs in poor condition can be expensive to haul to a new spot.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Thirty-five percent said at least one-fourth of their schools were in poor condition.
    Asia Fields, ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Thirty-five percent said at least one-fourth of their schools were in poor condition.
    Asia Fields, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Based on aerial photos of your home, your roof is in poor condition.
    Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • Vermont dams Orange dams are the ones in poor condition.
    Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • At the time of the investigation, 2,402 bridges were in poor condition for the entire state.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Sometimes, bags are in bad condition and are wrapped to keep them together.
    Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
  • Warfieldsburg’s bandwagon must have been in poor condition to take so long to get to Springfield.
    Catherine Baty, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2023
  • According to the amendment, the city has 466 miles of roadway considered to be in poor condition.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Forty of Fresno County’s 909 bridges are in poor condition.
    Devon Milley, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
  • Dust storms are common at Burning Man, and renters have been known to return the vehicles in poor condition.
    Andrea Agostini Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Moscow lost a large portion of its active-duty tanks early in the war, and many tanks in storage are in poor condition.
    Daniel Michaels, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The structure, which dates to 1899, was already in poor condition, officials said.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The alley is in poor condition, but developers are working with the city on coming up with a way to improve it.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Alas, a more precise assessment isn’t available as the fossil’s foot bones were in poor condition.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Still, 40% of metro Detroit freeway pump stations are in poor condition.
    Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2021
  • Some states, counties and county equivalents possess many more of the bridges that are in poor condition than others.
    June Kim, Scientific American, 23 June 2023
  • If Bendix decides to do that — and that’s a big if — the motivation would be to replenish a farm system that the current regime believes is in poor condition.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In Illinois, corn and soybean crops are also in poor condition, and 20% of soybeans in the entire region are in poor condition.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • The dams that collapsed in the hills above the city are believed to have been in poor condition — no match for the unprecedented amount of water that crashed against them in some of the worst flooding in more than a century.
    Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Eight bridges in poor condition cross Nashville's interstates, and six cross railroad tracks.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 17 June 2024
  • Of the 13 high-hazard dams in poor condition identified by ICN’s analysis, 11 are in Michigan.
    Kristoffer Tigue, WIRED, 13 July 2024
  • However, if the page is in poor condition, the search engine may not recognize certain words or phrases.
    Variety, 15 June 2023
  • For decades, Louisville has underfunded a majority of its 120 public parks, leaving most in the city's west and south ends in poor condition.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Condition: Homes in poor condition may be difficult to sell on the open housing market.
    Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • Richter outlined areas where schools are under-enrolled, in poor condition or too small to be cost-effective to operate.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2025

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